Coincidentally, I have a doctor's appointment that will require me to leave work at 10:00am on Friday, Dec. 14th and will be absent for approximately the same amount of time as the Hobbit will be airing on the IMAX 3D screen at my local theater.

Coincidentally, I have a doctor's appointment that will require me to leave work at 10:00am on Friday, Dec. 14th and will be absent for approximately the same amount of time as the Hobbit will be airing on the IMAX 3D screen at my local theater.

Just came back from watching this. Decided to give myself a Christmas treat and went for the special showing with power recline seats, no blocked views and dinner using New Zealand ingredients with New Zealand wine. Was shown in normal 2D. Decided to save the high-frame 3D for the second viewing.

Went in with some expectations, being a fan of Jackson's LOTR movies, and they all were completely met. The feeling of coming back to Middle Earth really felt complete; it was like visiting old friends (and surprising you along the way) and making new ones.

And of the new ones, Thorin Oakenshield is the most impressive. And I love the version of Radagast the Brown that appears here, even though it doesn't follow the book. Sylvester McCoy was prefect as a wizard.

And of course Martin Freeman is fantastic as Bilbo, short of de-aging Ian Holm. All the scenes from the meeting between Gollum and Biblo was pitch perfect.

Chumpy_McChump wrote:

"When you can, you hit that like the fist of an angry god. It's not even for you anymore; you do it for us."